Grant Island

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Grant Island
Topographic map sheet Grant Island 1: 250,000
Topographic map sheet Grant Island 1: 250,000
Waters Southern Ocean
Geographical location 74 ° 28 ′  S , 131 ° 35 ′  W Coordinates: 74 ° 28 ′  S , 131 ° 35 ′  W
Grant Island (Antarctica)
Grant Island
length 32 km
width 16 km
surface 767.8 km²
Highest elevation Mount Obiglio
510  m
Residents uninhabited

The Grant Island ( English Grant Island ) is an ice-covered island that is about 32 kilometers long and 16 kilometers wide. Its area is 767.8 km². It is located 8 kilometers east of the smaller Shepard Island off the Hobbs coast of Marie-Byrd-Land and is surrounded by the Getz Ice Shelf everywhere except in the north . Grant Island was discovered and mapped on February 4, 1962 by the personnel of the icebreaker USS Glacier . It was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names after Commander EG Grant , who was the commander of the USS Glacier at the time of the discovery .

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  1. ↑ http://islands.unep.ch/INY.htm#49
  2. ^ Grant Island in the Australian Antarctic Data Center